In this chapter, Glasser discusses how there needs to be a new approach in schools to get students to work harder. Some key points that are given in this chapter are:
- It is impossible for teachers to teach to students who do not want to learn.
- Underachieved schools having been going on since WWII.
- It was said that students should stay longer in school, have harder classes and more homework.
- Parents are taking their children out of public schools and putting them in private schools.
- They are losing family-motivated students, which is there most important factor.
- We are losing people to higher-paid jobs because they require an education.
- Students turn to drugs and other bad choices due to the low income job problem.
- There are two school systems - teacher and student/ student drop out and teacher
- The second system is more expensive because schools could be saving money instead of spending in on crime and drugs related to students.
- There are teachers who like to take on challenging students, but success can only be maintained if it is in small classes.
- Some teachers leave because they feel discouraged.
- Students no longer want to help each other due to competition with other students.
- Control Theory- what a human needs to be satisfied.
- Some students don't work because their is no immediate payoff.